Women Tell Donald Trump They #WontBePunished for Abortions

Women spoke out last night on Twitter about Donald Trump's assertion that women who get abortions should get "some form of punishment." The hashtag #WontBePunished was started by NARAL president Ilyse Hogue.

And it quickly began trending nationally. Women also weren't having Trump's attempt to equivocate by releasing a statement saying he actually meant the doctor should be punished for performing abortions. (Reminder: Abortions are legal.)

"NARAL's hashtag gave women a way to speak out with a unified voice to express the view we all share: we won't be punished for making our own decisions about our health care," explains Kaylie Hanson, National Communications Director for NARAL. "Anti-choice politicians like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, and the anti-choice movement at large, need to know that women won't be silenced by policies or rhetoric that interfere with our ability to make our own choices about our health care."

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